Keluaran 34:28

34:28 So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; ¹  he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. ² 

Ulangan 9:18

9:18 Then I again fell down before the Lord for forty days and nights; I ate and drank nothing because of all the sin you had committed, doing such evil before the Lord as to enrage him.

Ulangan 9:25

Moses’ Plea on Behalf of the Lord’s Reputation

9:25 I lay flat on the ground before the Lord for forty days and nights, ³  for he ⁴  had said he would destroy you.

¹ tn These too are adverbial in relation to the main clause, telling how long Moses was with Yahweh on the mountain.

² tn Heb “the ten words,” though “commandments” is traditional.

³ tn The Hebrew text includes “when I prostrated myself.” Since this is redundant, it has been left untranslated.

⁴ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.